The Republic of Botswana (the Recipient) is planning to implement the proposed Botswana Health Emergency Preparedness, Response and Resilience Project using the Multi-Phase Programmatic Approach (the Project) with the involvement of the Project Preparation Team (PPT) within the Ministry of Health (MoH), for which it has requested a grant under the Grant Facility for Project Preparation (GFPP), as set out in the Letter Agreement. The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development/International Development Association (hereinafter the Bank) acting as trustee of the Grant Facility for Project Preparation, has agreed to provide the GFPP grant to finance activities (the Activities) related to the preparation of the Project, as set out in the referred agreement
The Recipient shall ensure that the Activities are carried out in accordance with the Environmental and Social Standards (ESSs) and this Environmental and Social Commitment Plan (ESCP), in a manner acceptable to the Bank. The ESCP is a part of the Letter Agreement Unless otherwise defined in this ESCP, capitalized terms used in this ESCP have the meanings ascribed to them in the referred agreement(s).
Without limitation to the foregoing, this ESCP sets out material measures and actions that the Recipient shall carry out or cause to be carried out, including, as applicable, their respective timeframes; institutional, staffing, training, monitoring and reporting arrangements; and grievance management. The ESCP also sets out the environmental and social (E&S) documents that shall be prepared or updated, consulted, disclosed and implemented for the Activities, consistent with the ESSs, in form and substance acceptable to the Bank. Said E&S documents may be revised from time to time with prior written agreement by the Bank. As provided for under the referred Letter Agreement, the Recipient shall ensure that there are sufficient funds available to cover the costs of implementing the ESCP.
As agreed by the Bank and the Recipient, this ESCP will be revised from time to time if necessary, during the implementation of the Activities, to reflect adaptive management of changes and unforeseen circumstances related to the Activities or in response to assessment of performance of the Activities. In such circumstances, the Bank and the Recipient agree to update the ESCP to reflect these changes through an exchange of letters signed between the Bank and the Recipient’s Representative specified in the Letter Agreement The Recipient shall promptly disclose the updated ESCP.






